Confectionery-case



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. OVERBAUGH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CONFECTIONERY-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 502,634, dated August1, 1893.

Application filed May 31, 1892. Renewed J1me l9 1893. Serial No.478,176. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. OVER- BAUGH, of the city of St. Louis, inthe State of Missourhhave invented a certain'new and useful Improvementin Confectionery-Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to make a case, composed of a number ofboxes, each one of which is complete in itself, so far as holding thecontents is concerned, and at the same time all of the boxes beingdesigned to be used collectively when being handled or shipped, andalso, when it is desired, in the retail of goods.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully describedand pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of my improved case showing a labelappliedwhich excludes the air from the contents of the case. Fig. II isa perspective View the label being omitted. Fig. III is a vertical,transverse section, taken on line IIIIII, Fig. II, and looking in thedirection of the arrow. Fig. IV is a perspective view looking at thebottom of one of the boxes; and Fig. V is a perspective View looking atthe top of meet the boxes.

Referring to the drawings, lrepresents my improved case considered as awhole having.

plain sides, ends, top and bottom to present a smooth surface. It iscomposed of a number of boxes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and a lid or cover 7 forclosing the top box. The lower box 2 is formed with a bottom 2 which isflush or on line with the lower edges of its sides, and ends, as shownclearly in Fig. III. The upper edge of this box 2 is provided with arabbe 2, which'receives a marginal flange or lip 3 which extends beneaththe bottom 3 of the box 3, and has its sides, and ends flush with thesides and ends of the box 2 and in like manner theboxes 3, 4, and 5 areprovided respectively with rabbets similar to those 2 of the box 2, toreceive flanges or lips on the boxes next above each' of them, each boxhaving a bottom located above its flange or lip, as clearly shown in thedrawings. The top box 6 has a rabbet 6 to receive the lid or cover 7. Itwill thus be seen that the boxes fit together and that when the lid orcover is applied a complete case having a smooth even surface is formedof a number of separate boxes, each holding its contents irrespective ofthe others, and when the case is filled a label, A, such as is shown inFig. I, may be applied, which will cover the joints between the separateboxes, hermetically sealing the contents, and holding the differentboxes together, avoiding the necessity of a wrapper. When the box hasreached its destination and is to be used, the label iscut at the jointbetween the cover and the box 6, and the cover removed, thusexposing'the contents of the box 6, while the contents of all of theother boxes remain sealed. When the goods have been removed from the box6, the label is cut on the line of the joint between the box 6 and thebox 5, and the box 6 removed, thus exposing the contents of the box 5,and the lid or cover being replaced on the box 6, the box is placedunder the other boxes,thus maintaining the same height or elevation tothe case as before. When the box 5 is empty, the label is broken on theline of jolnt between the box 5 and the box 4:, and the box 5 isremoved, thus exposing the contents of box at, while the other unusedboxes beneath'remain sealed, and the box 5 can be placed under the box6, the joint between thetwo fitting as before, and the case, as a whole,maintained at its uniform height. Should it be preferred to expose allof the boxes at once, it is, of course, evident that the label might bebroken between all of the boxes, which could be placed side by side.

A case thus formed is cheap, can be conveniently put together, isstrong, and is admirably adapted for containing expensive and delicatecandies, and the like, enabling a manufacturer or dealer to put'fivepounds, more or less in a case and deliver it as a single box, while thecontents are divided up into small lots which do not rest upon or comein contact with each other, to the injury of the goods.

I am aware that it" is not broadly new to make cases of severalsections, or to make boxes or cases of several compartments, and do notbroadly claim such a structure.

I claim as my inventionsmooth even surface all substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a confectionery case, of a number of boxes, eachhaving a rabbet, 10 a bottom and a lip or flange extending beneath thebottom to fit the rabbet of the box beneath, a lid adapted to cover thetop box, the whole presenting a smooth even surface, and a label adaptedto cover and seal the joints between the different boxes, substanr5tially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHAS. B. OVERBAUGI-I. In presence of- ALBERT M. EBERsoLE, ED. S. KNIGHT.

